Ministry Beyond Our Walls
OSLC and its members are involved with a variety of social justice organizations in our community and beyond
Lafayette Urban Ministry (LUM) is an organization of more than 50 Christian churches, including OSLC, that serves as a social safety net for Lafayette’s needy children and families. In addition to providing direct financial support to LUM, OSLC annually hosts Jubilee Christmas. OSLC members individually volunteer in programs such as LUM’s after school program and the St. John’s/LUM Food Pantry.
Greater Lafayette Family Shelter is a non-denominational non-profit organization supporting homeless families in transition. Our Saviour Lutheran Church was a founding member of Family Promise of Greater Lafayette, Inc. which transitioned to Greater Lafayette Family Shelter in 2024. Members of OSLC routinely provide ready-to-eat meals as well as pantry items for the Family Shelter home.
Mission Guatemala exists to help meet the basic needs and improve the quality of life of under-served and impoverished Guatemalan peoples through health, education and nutrition initiatives and missionary service. Our Saviour Lutheran Church participates in mission trips every 1 to 2 years.
Pack Away Hunger packs simple but highly nutritious one-package meals for low income people in the U.S. and in developing countries. Our Saviour Lutheran Church leads a meal-packing event annually on Martin Luther King Jr Day with the meals going to local needs and to Mission Guatemala.
The OSLC Quilting Ministry works throughout the year making quilts that are distributed through Lutheran World Relief to be used as warm bedding, simple tents or floor coverings.
